Indian ethanol producers, aligning with the government’s target to achieve ethanol blending goals, are enhancing their ethanol production capacities. These efforts will help boost biofuel production in the country.
India Glycols Limited has added further capacity of 200 KLPD for grain based distillery including bio-fuel ethanol capacity (Ethanol to bio-fuel conversion) at Gorakhpur (Uttar Pradesh). The total combined enhanced capacity of grain based distillery and bio-fuel ethanol plant at Gorakhpur now stands at 310 KLPD and is commissioned.
Post commissioning, the company has completed its presently scheduled capacity enhancement for grain based distillery including bio-fuel ethanol capacity (Ethanol to bio-fuel conversion) at Gorakhpur (Uttar Pradesh).
Grains have emerged as one of the key feedstocks for ethanol production in India, and its share in biofuel output is likely to surge. It is expected that the share of ethanol production from grains may increase beyond 60% in current Ethanol Supply Year (ESY) 2024-25.
Significant progress is being made in the ethanol blending programme, as India moves closer to its target of 20 percent ethanol blending.
In the current ESY 2024-25, ethanol blending in petrol reached 19.7 per cent in February, while the cumulative average ethanol blending from November 2024 to February 2025 stood at 18 per cent.
